EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — The Pentagon mentioned Monday that North Korea has despatched some 10,000 troops to Russia to coach and deploy to the battlefield in Ukraine inside “the subsequent a number of weeks.” The brand new estimate is greater than triple the earlier determine of 3,000 troops the Pentagon gave final week, and nearer to Ukraine’s account that 12,000 North Korean troopers had arrived in Russia.
Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh additionally mentioned that among the North Korean forces have already moved nearer to Ukraine, and added that if the troops deploy to the entrance traces, the U.S. will view them as “co-belligerents within the warfare” who’re legitimate targets for Ukraine to hit with U.S.-provided weapons.
